Sultan Ahmed's body has been lying outside his Ghaziabad residence for 3 days as the family and the district administration awaits the death certificate and copy of the autopsy report from the US.

Ghaziabad: On November 1, a sailor died in a ship accident in the United States. Three weeks later, his decomposed body still lies outside his residence situated in Vaishali. Lying inside a wooden box, the body of Sultan Ahmed has been lying outside his home in Ghaziabad for the past 3 days as his family demands a second post-mortem examination done.

While the consent by the US embassy and a copy of the first autopsy's report is awaited by the administration. Ahmed's family has been asking for another autopsy examination since they are not contented with the reason that the Mumbai-based maritime firm gave for their son's death.

Sultan's younger brother Parvez told TOI that the body was handed over to the family in a highly decomposed state on Sunday and ever since then, they have been repeatedly approaching the administration to get the post-mortem examination done but the absence of his original death certificate and an approval by the US embassy has stood in their way.

The maritime company on the other hand, however, maintains that the documents were sent to the family by them. Parvez reportedly met with Ritu Maheshwari, the district magistrate and reiterated his request for another autopsy examination, following which, the health department was directed to store the body in the Sanjay Nagar government hospital mortuary until the time the autopsy has to be conducted. ADM Himanshu Gautam assured that FIR would be registered against VR Maritime Services, the company. The deceased's family has alleged that the company has given three different accounts of the cause of Ahmed's death.

Sailor’s body rots outside his home in India; health department waiting for US death certificateDescription:Sultan Ahmed's body has been lying outside his Ghaziabad residence for 3 days as the family and the district administration awaits the death certificate and copy of the autopsy report from the US.Times Now